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D. STEBBINS. LIGHTNING ROD INSULATOR. Patented June 25, 1867.

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'DARIUS STEBBINS 0FA WALLINGFORD, CONECTICUT, ASSIGNOR To HIM SELF AND E. MORSE, 0F SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 66,054, dated June 25, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 11i HGHTNIlG-ROD INSULATOBB.

TO vALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known thst I, Dsnws Susann', of-Wsllingford, in the county of New Hsvemsnd Stilte of Connectiout, here invented s new Improvement in Lightning-Rod Insulstor; and I do hereby declare the following, whenv tekenin connection with the sc compsnying drawings and the letters off reference marked thereon, to be e full, clear,'snd exact description of the iume, snd which said drawings constitute part of this sp'eciticstion, und represent, ini Figure 1, s side view, and in Figures 2 and 3 vertical centi-sl sections.

This invention r'elstes to on improi'ement in the manner of attaching lightning-rods to buildings. Insulators have been made from gloss, but the shank for ottsching the rod to the insulstor hns been secured to the glass upon the outside. The surfscc of the gloss -bcing unprotected is unovoflubly wet nt such times ns the To enable others to construct snd use my improvement, I will proceed to describe the sume ssillustrsted iu the accompanying drawings.

Aie the insulator, formed from glass or other non-conducting motorini, snd secured by mesu: of a. cnge, B, at; its buse in any convenient menner. I form s cavity, C, in the centre, smi through the outer end perforutein to the said csvity.' ss seen in tig. 2, then piss the twaends of e wire, D, through the ssid perforation, and

through the doubled point in th'e wire insert another piece of wire, d, as seen in gs. 1 and 2, or other suitable device to prevent the wire fro'in being drawn through the perforation, then plnce the rod E between the two ends of the wire, es seen in iig. .1, then twist or otherwise. unite the twoends together, end the rod is securely Attached to the insulator; or, it' preferred, in stesd of securing the wire, as seen in 5g. 2, two peri'orstions may Vhe msde through the end of the insulator snd the wire inserte-d, ss seen'iniig. 3. If'deevmed necessary the two ends of the wire may be left sopsrnte'snd projecting in different directions, ss denoted in red, fig. 1. Thus the rod is secured to the insulstor without direct connection with its exterior surface, and-so that the moisture osunot come in contact with the oonnection,'so ss to not ss s'econductor. l

Hoving thus fully described my invention, what I clsim ss new sod useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent', is

An insulstor constructed substantially in the msnner described, so that -the rod may be secured directly from the interior` of the insulator, s s sud for the purpose speoisd.

DARIUS STEBBINS. Witnesses:

JonsE. Eintr, Joint H. Saumur. 

